Fluffs

For Peter Maria Löw and his business partner, a run-down business space in provincial East Westphalia was the equivalent of the garage in Albuquerque used by Bill Gates and his friends. It was the start of a new business model: buying companies cheaply, restructuring them and then selling them off at high prices. Löw has since taken over more than almost 300 companies, more than any other entrepreneur worldwide. Fluffs: Confessions of a Corporate Raider reads like an adventure story that puts our ideas about the world of business into perspective for the long term.

Peter Maria Löw was born in Ludwigshafen in 1960. He studied Law and History in Freiburg and Berlin, and gained a doctorate in both subjects. In 1991, he completed an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Since 1992, he has acquired, restructured and resold almost 300 companies in Germany and internationally. His voluntary activities notably include supporting the European Heritage Project, which is committed to preserving European cultural and architectural heritage. Löw has published several books. He lives near Munich with his family.